Slightly Used is a 1927 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and written by C. Graham Baker and Jack Jarmuth. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film stars May McAvoy, Conrad Nagel, Robert Agnew, Audrey Ferris, Anders Randolf and Eugenie Besserer. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 3, 1927.[1][2][3]
| Slightly Used | |
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| Directed by | Archie Mayo |
| Screenplay by | C. Graham Baker Jack Jarmuth |
| Story by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | May McAvoy Conrad Nagel Robert Agnew Audrey Ferris Anders Randolf Eugenie Besserer |
| Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
The film's plot is based on the 1911 play Green Stockings by A. E. W. Mason. The film was remade as an All-Talkie in 1930 as The Flirting Widow at First National Pictures, by then a subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Cast
edit- May McAvoy as Cynthia Martin
- Conrad Nagel as Major John Smith
- Robert Agnew as Donald Woodward
- Audrey Ferris as Helen Martin
- Anders Randolf as Mr. Martin
- Eugenie Besserer as Aunt Lydia
- Arthur Rankin as Gerald
- David Mir as Horace
- Sally Eilers as Grace Martin
- Jack Santoro as Harold
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Slightly Used (1927) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ Hal Erickson. "Slightly Used (1927) - Archie Mayo". AllMovie. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ "Slightly Used". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
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